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Submission Policies

Washington University Law Review encourages submissions of articles, essays, and recent developments on legal topics. Please enclose a cover letter that indicates the name of your manuscript, its nature, and provides all of your relevant contact information. The text and footnotes of each manuscript should conform to The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th ed., 2005). Washington University Law Review will make every effort to timely notify authors of acceptance or refusal. All submissions become property of Washington University Law Review and cannot be returned. Washington University Law Review accepts written and electronic manuscripts.

Electronic Submissions

The Law Review prefers that all submissions be made electronically by either of the following methods:

E-mail submissions should be addressed to review@wulaw.wustl.edu with the manuscript, cover letter, and curriculum vitae attached in MS Word format.

Typewritten Submissions

Please send all typewritten submissions to:

Submissions
Washington University Law Review
Washington University School of Law
Campus Box 1120
One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO 63130-4899

Expedited Review

If you have received an offer from another publication for your submission and wish to request an expedited review for an article that we already are reviewing, please e-mail review@wulaw.wustl.edu. We will do our best to review your article as soon as possible.

If you are sending in your submission for expedited review, please provide the following information in addition to your cover letter:

* Your name and complete contact information.
* The title of your submission.
* All publications that have extended an offer to your submission.
* Dates that the offers from other publications expire.